Reformation town libraries inherited unusable Catholic monastic book hoards

Evidence

Since they frequently consisted of texts from the abolished Catholic monasteries, it was difficult to justify the expense of curating a collection of hundreds or thousands of old books, mostly in Latin, for a non-existent public. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 412

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 412
• XREF: connects to: Basel deliberately defaced vellum manuscripts to spurn Catholics — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 240; French secularism and anti-Catholic school history predate and complicate anti-Muslim motivations. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 613

Broader Connections

• Basel deliberately defaced vellum manuscripts to spurn Catholics #complicates (0.45) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 240